I've heard people using switches that have built-in trunking capabilities in conjunction with point-to-point bridges. From an 802.11b perspective, you could theoretically get 33mbps between two buildings with this type of setup.
Jared Valentine [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 17 Sep 2002, David Rhodes wrote: > Hi - Just curious if anyone has successfully tried trunking 2 or more > 802.11b nics yet(?) I downloaded an eval copy of Nic Express - > http://www.ipmetrics.com/ipms/NICExpress.htm > > I loaded it up on a W2K laptop but since I only had one Orinoco pc card I > had to cluster it with a 100baseT nic (although this is discouraged in the > docs) Seemed to work..not really confident as I don't have a robust test > environment here. > > Theoretically though, I should be able to get 22Mbs and 33Mbs connections if > I went out and bought 2 more hubs and maxed out all the available 11b > spectrum. > > Also, I _believe_ the Nic Express product does support stateful, yet > non-sticky tcp sessions - unlike some load balancing products that route > between nics based on cookie or session ID. If I am correct, it handles the > balancing at layer 2...not sure. > > Could be even more fun with 11a hardware - 54Mbs X 8 channels = 432Mbs (raw > speed) > > Fun, Fun > > > > David Rhodes > Proxinet Ltd. > 58 Queensway #49 > London W2 3RW > United Kingdom > www.proxinet.co.uk > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
